In Depth:  Dave Williams

Dave Williams

It started with an invitation to lead some sessions for the church youth group on what it means to believe and belong.

The youth group met each Sunday evening for pizza and chips, followed by a study. At the end of the series some of the young people asked if we could continue doing some teaching and going deeper into God’s Word. Over time this expanded into all all age gathering: we introduced sung worship and regular communion, we had the privilege of baptising people and that gathering became a place where the homeless, single parents, prostitutes and asylum seekers encountered Jesus.

Dave Williams

In his recent article for en, Seth Lewis discussed how Jesus depended on the Holy Spirit to work miracles during His earthly ministry, rather than simply using His divine power.

At times Seth's descriptions of Christ seemed hard to navigate. I appreciate the challenge here of writing while remaining within a word limit, but it might help us to think of some of the risks with any "compression". So, here's an attempt to decompress things and capture some of the nuance of Christology which I believe will enhance the point that we need to be completely dependent on God.

Dave Williams

Reports suggest that plans for a TGC-UK (The Gospel Coalition-UK) are moving forward at pace.

I’ve appreciated much about The Gospel Coalition, including the content provided online and the Themelios journal. I owe much to its founders, Don Carson and Tim Keller, in terms of my pastoral and theological formation. However, I have reservations and questions about the new venture.

Dave Williams

If you’ve heard of Bethel, Redding, California then chances are that you associate them first with their music - a lot of churches sing worship songs composed and produced by Bethel or associated organisations like Jesus Culture.

Secondly, you may think of their reputation as a hyper-charismatic church with a commitment to revivalism.

Dave Williams

Do you remember six years ago, when we were becoming aware of a new coronavirus? Novel because this particular strain of virus had not been seen before. It spread around the world like wildfire, resulting in many deaths.

Over time, that virus mutated into different strains. The mutations were all slightly different, sometimes with different symptoms and different levels of virulence and resistance to vaccines but were related closely enough to still be considered the same virus.

Dave Williams

On Friday 3 October, the Church of England announced that the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally would succeed Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.

There has been a substantial response from all quarters - not surprising given how big the news is. I’ve seen some responses along the lines of arguing that the new appointment offers the best of a poor set of options, and some bemoaning the terrible disaster that they consider this to be. Those responses from within the CofE have a uniting theme: evangelicals can and must stay and fight in the Church; they must not desert their flocks and must continue to care for them.